Occlusal status in Asian male adults: Prevalence and ethnic variation

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 814-820

  Soh, Jen ^a,d   Sandham, Andrew ^b   Yiong, Huak Chan ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Clinical Trials and Epidemiology Research Unit   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Angle's molar classification; BSI incisor classification; Chinese; Indian; Malay

Indexed keywords

EID: 24744441066     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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